2003 in Finland

none 2003 Events from the year 2003 in Finland Incumbents President: Tarja Halonenhttps://www.councilwomenworldleaders.org/tarja-halonen.html Tarja Halonen Council of Women World Leaders 6 January 2022 19 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220519024324/https://www.councilwomenworldleaders.org/tarja-halonen.html dead Prime Minister: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (until 23 June); Matti Vanhanen onwardshttps://www.france24.com/en/20100618-finlands-prime-minister-matti-vanhanen-resigns Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen resigns 18 June 2010 France24 6 January 2022 Speaker: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (until 23 March); Paavo Lipponen onwards Events 15 April: Parliament of Finland elects Anneli Jäätteenmäki as the nation's first woman Prime Minister.2003-04-15 Finnish female duo in top jobs https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2949423.stm 2025-06-12 en-GB 16 April: The Helsingin Sanomat reports that in late March, a RITEG-beacon was disassembled by thieves in Kurgolovo, Russia, who dumped the highly radioactive nuclear material into the Gulf of Finland, 100 km south of Finland.Untitled Document http://ww2.yle.fi/pls/show/page?id=221421 https://web.archive.org/web/20050315210952/http://ww2.yle.fi/pls/show/page?id=221421 2005-03-15 2025-06-12 ww2.yle.fi 10 May: The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.CNN.com - Country breakdown: Probable cases of SARS - May. 27, 2003 https://edition.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/23/mystery.virus.breakdown/index.html 2025-06-12 edition.cnn.com 23 May: A Russian nuclear energy company founded a branch to promote its bid for Finland's new nuclear power plant. Competing bids have been submitted by French-German company Framatome and General Electric. Finnish power company TVO will make its selection in the autumn at the earliest, but by the end of the year at the latest.Latest Power Generation News and Insights https://www.power-eng.com/news/ 2025-06-12 Power Engineering en-US 1 August: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plans to propose an amendment to Finnish tobacco legislation which would make retail sales of tobacco products subject to a license.http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20030801IE4 Finland Helsinki-hs.net 2015-09-26 23 August: Power outage happens all of Southern Finland for 30 to 60 minutes, because one underground line in Central Helsinki short circuits. The lack of electricity begins at 20:20 and causes radio broadcasts, public lights, elevators, trains, trams and metro traffic to stop. Also people have to be evacuated in Linnanmäki amusement park.HS Verkkoliite - Tuoreet - Kaupunki http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/tuoreet/artikkeli/1061299237915 https://web.archive.org/web/20050311145124/http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/tuoreet/artikkeli/1061299237915 2005-03-11 2025-06-12 www.helsinginsanomat.fi Deaths :Category:2003 deaths Deaths in 2003 10 January: Ensio Siilasvuo, 81, generalYrjölä Vesa Sinibaretti-lehti/Summary for the New Year http://www.sinibarettiliitto.fi/lehti/1_03/summary.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040811084238/http://www.sinibarettiliitto.fi/lehti/1_03/summary.htm 2004-08-11 2025-06-12 www.sinibarettiliitto.fi 16 February: Teemu Raimoranta, 25, metal musician 10 April: Aatos Fred, 85, chess player, two-time Finnish Chess Championship winner (1947, 1955). 14 April: Jyrki Otila, 61, quiz show judge and member of the European Parliament. 27 April: Juha Tiainen, 47, hammer thrower and Olympic champion 16 June: Georg Henrik von Wright, 87, philosopher, professor and writer.Hacker P. M. S. 2003-07-04 Georg Henrik von Wright https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/04/guardianobituaries.highereducation 2025-06-12 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 2 July: Erkki Mallenius, 75, amateur boxer and Olympic medalist.Olympedia – Erkki Mallenius https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2955 2025-06-12 www.olympedia.org 16 August: Gösta Sundqvist, 46, musician and radio personality 11 September: Antti Nurmesniemi, 76, designer.Nurmesniemi, Antti 1927-2003 - Social Networks and Archival Context https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6500dnv 2025-06-12 snaccooperative.org 13 September: Kaino Lempinen, 82, gymnast and Olympic medalist.Olympedia – Kaino Lempinen https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29800 2025-06-12 www.olympedia.org 10 October: Eila Hiltunen, 80, sculptor. 24 October: Veikko Hakulinen, 78, cross-country skier, triple Olympic- and world champion, traffic collision.Olympedia – Veikko Hakulinen https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86390 2025-06-12 www.olympedia.org 29 November: Jan-Magnus Jansson, 81, politician. chairman of the Swedish People's Party of Finland.Jan-Magnus Jansson (1922-2003) https://data.bnf.fr/en/ark:/12148/cb12549956d 2025-06-12 data.bnf.fr en 8 December: Pekka Siitoin, 59, satanist, occultist and neo-Nazi 16 December: Veikko Sinisalo, 77, actor. References 2003 Category:Years of the 21st century in Finland Finland Category:2000s in Finland Finland